Post-treatment effects on ZnS(O,OH)/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells deposited using thioacetamide-ammonia based solution

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-202

  Kobayashi, Taizo ^a   Kumazawa, Toyokazu ^b   Jehl Li Kao, Zacharie ^a   Nakada, Tokio ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical bath; Cu(In,Ga)Se2; Deposition; Heat light soaking; MOCVD ZnO:B; Thioacetoamide; ZnS(O,OH)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BUFFER LAYERS; DEPOSITION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

A3. METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (MOCVD); CHEMICAL BATH; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CONDUCTION BAND OFFSET; CU(IN , GA)SE2; LIGHT SOAKING; THIOACETOAMIDE; TOTAL-AREA EFFICIENCY;

AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT;

EID: 84893493655     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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